Smokey Wilson was like my Gandhi. If I had run into somebody else in prison, with a different set of values, the world might have never known one of the greatest boxing talents ever to come out of Philadelphia.
BERNARD HOPKINSI want to be the poster child for taking care of yourself after 40. Obesity is an epidemic in this country and I’m a living, breathing example of what it means to stay healthy.
More Bernard Hopkins Quotes
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I function better when my back is to the wall.
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I wouldn’t wanna fight me, because I know it wouldn’t be a good outcome for both.
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I’m 100 percent clean. I’m doing this off of nuts and bananas.
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You’re hated by some, loved by others, but that’s what’s great about being different. If everybody loved you, that means you’re not doing the right thing most of the time.
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I’ve done so many unpredictable things and so profoundly. Even the people who want to go against me, are afraid to go against me. They’ve been wrong so many times. A lot of them are just being mum right now. They must feel I can still do things.
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I’m lining up my troops to go to battle with. Tarver is the man at light heavyweight. He has the credibility of the fans and media, and that’s what counts. That’s why I am taking this risk, but I am taking it by preparing myself with good people.
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I am an old man, I just happen to be an old man that can fight.
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There’s always a chance you will see something new in a fight. Especially in boxing.
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I didn’t need to take any fight for the last 10 years. But I’ve always fought the best and I’ve always wanted to prove myself to the best.
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The middleweight division is one of the most exciting divisions in the sport. Fighters can punch like heavyweights and have the speed of the lightweights. You have the best of world worlds.
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I got knocked down. Anybody could be knocked down, anybody can be knocked out, but it’s not what happened, but what happens next.
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The streets was basically my parents.
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Did you hear what this idiot just said!? He said it’s not about the W…It’s everything about the W with me!
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If you don’t know your own value, somebody will tell you your value, and it’ll be less than you’re worth.
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If I’m in a situation where Duane Ford is one of the judges, I have to pick it up.
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